The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-15

| he emptied his revolver at his assailants. and
under the circumstances did remarkably
well, for he put bullets into four of them
| He was a shining member of the class
of men among whom Jim" Courtwright
was a bright, particular star.
| The correspondent who listened TO Mai
| Herrin's story was introduced to Court
wright at Fort Worth. How many men
| Cartwright had killed up to that time was
| not exactly known, as he did not carry a
notched stick, but contented himself during
times of peace with two revolvers. His re-
putation, however. was sufficient to insure
him polite, if not cordial, greeting at the
hands of the New Yorker. Cartwright, as
he appeared in 1886, might have been 80 or
40 years of age. His face was cleanly
shaven and unwrinkled, yet not youthful
He was about medium height and SHINY
built, but looked why. His eyes were his
most unprepoSsessing feature. They were
small, dark, and glittering. They were rest
less, too, and seemed anxious to look in
every direction at once. It was commonly
believed at Fort Worth that if Courtwright
had been armed with Winchester instead
of revolver when Harding and his gang
attacked the train he would have killed the
entire attacking force. As it was, he shot
three of them at distance of 800 feet,
and through culvert with Colts revol-
yer.
Dul blG SJlllhb I'LL dUltIlpJ WAS Ildtlt 10
kidnap Cartwright and take him to Mexico
on charge of having killed three men there.
One night, as he was passing a church, he
was fired at by gang. He fell fiat on his
face, as if he had been killed. The bullets
had not touched him, and the ruse was in
tended to draw his assailantS on. They re-
fused to take the risk, however, and after
waiting few minutes Cartwright jumped
to his feet and dashed around the church
He found no one. His asSailants had not
waited Cartwright was dead shot, and
| until his death, recently, was a marshal at
Fort Worth. In the language of Maj. Her
rim, HE was good man on your side, a
devil on the other"
"You had no bones broken during the
strike, Major, had your Inquired Capt
Frey.
mo" replied the Major. "Had your
81 though one day" was the answer
| that had none left unbroken, but l was
| mistaken. 1t happened on the first day we
| moved train at Parsons We had a nice
lot to deal with there Men with whom |
| had always been friendly turned their backs
ON me during the strike. 1t had soured them,
| or they were afraid to be seen talking to q
railroad officials Well the freight kept
| piling up on us, and our customers were in
| bad humor. Business, there wasn't any. The
| whole town was standing around with its
| hands in its pockets The railroads and
their sympathizers filled the yards and pa
raded the tracks. We had tried several times
to move a train, but couldn't make it. The
strikers would swarm ON board and I'M
| couple cars much quicker than we could put
| them together. Word came one day that
an attempt would be made at a certain time
| to move trains all over the system
| The others nodded. They had received
| it too, and remembered the general riot
that betokened the breaking of the strike.
''Well," continued Frey, ''we bucllled
| down to work for the occasion. More than
once our engineers hadn't shown as much
| earneStneSs as was wanted, and for this at
| tempt picked out one of our best men. We
| got the train coupled. On top of each car
stood a man armed with Winchester and
| two revolvers. When all was ready for a
start | got into the cab and said to my en-
| gineer:
"'Do you mean business, Bradley He
WASH much of talker He said: Il do
"'Will your fireman go? | asked.
"'He'n go where | 60 said Bradley.
"'Then at signal he started. | remained
| in the cab, as | wanted to be ON hand for an
emergency if it happened. Our trains gen
| orally Stacked up at the stock yards, and the
strikers knew it. They stood there alongside
| the tracks in hundreds They intended to
make the first fight there by jumping on
and uncoupling. Bradley saw tneir move
Ilt Dulltu Dcf Optll anu we S1OU pdSU Une
mob at 20-mile gait. But half dozen of
them got aboard by catching the side lad
| ders. Bradley put on steam and we whiz-
| zed along The train struck down grade
and we we're going like a blizzard when,
looking ahead out of the cab, saw spiked
rail. The strikers had laid their plans to
ditch the train if we got past the stock
| yards.
Il rang the alarm with all my might to
| give our men on top a chance for their lives.
| The strikers who were clinging to the side
| ladders knew what it meant. 1t was sure
death TO hold on and pretty certain death to
let go, but they let go and flew in every di-
rection. The men on top of the cars threw
their arms overheard and they jumped.
| Bradley and his fireman and myself jumped
| pretty close together. | thought I'd never
| stop going, and when lay still | was afraid
| to stir for fear of pegging out ON the spot.
| But | was only bruised and shaken, had 10
| bones broken Bradley escaped too, but the
| fireman had an arm broken in two places,
and one of the brakemen had an arm and a
| leg broken. The engine and cars were piled
| 80 feet high"
ANY strikers killed." inquired the CORE
| spondent.
Not one, was the mournful reply "But
| that little attempt at wholesale murder, y
added Frey, brought us relief. The strik-
| ers had gone TO far, and in a few days eight
| companies of soldiers We're stationed mt Par
| sons. The strike was broken, and so were
the Knights of Labor" 7. B. f.